How To Grow An Apple Tree From SEED to FRUIT 🍎! In 3 YEARS!! 

Love how we’re all becoming farmers and gardeners during quarantine

I had apples in the fridge for months, when I sliced them up, the seeds were starting to sprout! I planted in pots til weather warmed, then into the soil. Worked great!

That's exactly why I started my trees. Didn't care that it'll take 10 years. They're all seedlings but I like them and they make me happy. You just inspired me even more. Thank you, sir. I'll be watching more of your videos.

You’re energy is so pure. I can tell how proud you are of these trees and how excited it makes you to talk about them. The energy reminds me of how I would feel gardening when I was a kid. My grandpa taught me and I stopped when he died. Seeing your passion about these plants has reminded me of why I loved gardening in the first place. The feeling of pride from making something from nearly nothing. Maybe I will get back into it.

Dude, your energy is off the chain. I love watching how happy you are to grow (practically anything). In essence, you display the truest form of the green thumb brother. Keep on growing and making great videos!

I love this man's passion, you can tell he really loves to grow things. To plant an apple seed and wait years all the while not knowing what you'll end up with isn't something most people would do. All the time and care that goes into it and you might end up with something inedible or cook-able, is something only a truly passionate person would do. Wish I could smash the like button twice.

The world would be a much better place if we all planted 50 trees as our contribution to future generations.😊

I came here because I randomly put 7 apple seeds in a pot and all 7 have sprouted! I wanted to see what’s next for my little seedlings! Thank you for this vid. ♥️

I start my fruit trees in cups, and I agree, with the ratio. I plant 25 for 5. I LIKE finding out what comes out. I planted 25 'honey crisp' seeds, not knowing what would come up really. Of those, we now have 4 trees and they each grow rather different apples. One is darn near identical the the apple it came out of. One is less sweet, but every bit as juicy. One has small apples that are VERY sweet, but they are the size of tennis balls. My kid LOVES those ones. The last makes great baking apples, but not so great for raw, because its kinda grainy and less sweet. They are all out of honey crisps from the same orchard in Yakima washington. We are in washington state and have our own farm and orchard with currently 14 apple trees, 5 plums (plus 3 'gone wild' GOLDEN heritage plums that we can't even identify! but are AMAZINGLY tasty), 5 pears, 4 cherries (more comming) and we HAD 8 fig trees... till the elk ate them down to a bare stick.

Rock on,I like your philosophy of just trying things and see what happens.We need to reclaim our agricultural heritage ! !

My favorite video yet on growing from seed and your encouragement in the last minute is THE BEST because you are spot on. I’m a newer gardener but passionate about growing from seed and the satisfaction that comes from it is priceless. The fact that you’ve done this and have the examples to show is exactly what we need. Please do more videos re: dwarf trees or how to.

Imma grow an apple tree during quarantine!

Wow!! This is so cool. I've been doing apartment gardening for about 2 years now with non fruiting plants and now I'm interested in starting a small food garden with apples and peppers. Thank you so much for such a thorough and enthusiastic video! 🌱💕

The motivational gardener! The excitement you have for growing your food is how I feel and not everyone can relate to it, I love it, so glad I found your channel! I want to try this with avocado they say it takes that long as well! Thanks so much for the time and attention you give to each video!!!

Encourages me to plant my own apple tree in my new food forest and name it after myself. I think every grower that has the blessing of being to grow a food forest should do this, to put a little design twist in their own garden. I think its super cool! Didn't realize how easy it was. Thanks again James!

My little cousin literally just planted a Apple seed in the ground watered it one time and it started growing lol now we are taking care of it haha

I love how you're so passionate and real instead of stiff about it. It shows yoh really enjoy gardening. 😊

Love your philosophy. My 5 year old came home from daycare with an apple seed he wanted to plant. I told him the chances of dropping it into the ground would not likely result in a tree, but that it is always fun to try and see what happens. This was in early March. Sure enough now in August we have a nice strong stalk about 7 inches with about 10 small leaves on it. We had a close call last month when we checked the stalk as saw that something had eaten the top two inches. We built a small protection cage around it and now it has grown another 4 inches with many new leaves. He is so excited. I watched this video in hopes to find how to protect our very little delicate sapling from the coming winter (We are in Michigan an hour North of Detroit). Any advice would be great.

Just came across this video, because my gardening curiosity got me, and cutting apples for my sweet child got me thinking I could grow my own. I’m so glad I came across this video and this channel! Can’t wait to see what other advice you may have for me! Thank You!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Love this young guys enthusiasm! We need more people like him! Well done!

This is actually as good of a gardening video as can be. Well done sir

My school was near the church where Granny Smith is buried. Her grave is in St Annes church, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. Granny Smith died in 1876...the apple that bares her name is an Australian cultivar that she developed in 1855.

So excited last year was year 2 and we got 2 little apples. They were so freaking good. I hope we get a lot this year 🙏🏽

I have 8 baby apple trees I planted in pots from seed 2 years ago and your video was my first tutorial! I align with your Spirit of patience to see what unique apple will grow! Re-watched your video and paid even more attention! Thank you for sharing your inspiration

This is freaking bad ass. I want to grow fruit trees for the deer too.

Love this video James! I planted several from seed this year, as well as a Honeycrisp and 2 Sweet 16's on our property at 8200 feet. Mulched them super well and am looking forward to seeing them overwinter and come back in the spring. Thanks for the great tips!

Thank you! I DID feel a little discouraged by some of what I read about growing apple trees, but planned to give it a go anyway. My seeds sprouted - yay! I didn’t think they were going to so I took the container out of the fridge and then forgot about it for a few days. Opened it up and I have sprouted seeds! 😅 Soo went online to figure out what to do next. Lots of discouraging words! Then I came across your video. I LOVE your attitude! I’m totally with you. I have an amazingly abundant mandarin tree and a HUGE and plentiful mango tree - both of which grew from someone just discarding a seed on the ground. Thanks for all the great tips! ☺️ I’m excited now! 😃 🍎 🍏 🍎 🍏 🍎 🍏 🍎 🍏

I loved this video ♥️ Everyone should be growing ... Especially when these days are so uncertain??? Turn off the news and grow a garden 🌱 ~ Blessings ~

I just took some seeds and out them in a random pot in my room, and now i have 14 trees growing in a few different pots XD

Previous generations had Johnny Appleseed , we have James Appleseed. Well done James

Thank you for the great info and for your enthusiasm. I had put apple seeds in a wet paper towel with no clue about the dormancy period, but luckily one of them sprouted. Got it outside in a small pot, it's about 2 inches tall now with tiny leaves. Also trying my hand with lemons, tomatoes, beans, whatever works. You may just have gotten me hooked.

My Oma used to have an apple tree in her backyard that my opa planted when they got to Canada in the 60's. My favorite and most memorable childhood experiences were at her house climbing that tree. Picking apples and making different desserts and preserves. I loved boiling the over ripe or under ripe ones in brown sugar cinnamon and cardamom. Super tasty table side snack for breakfast or dinner

Just turned off my Netflix show to watch this lol

Have been planning on growing cashew but think I will try with the apple too and see the results .thanks u have motivated me

I've always wanted to try, and this is the time!!! I've had some seeds in my fridge for a few months now. So it's time to get them started! You have inspired me to try blueberries, fruit trees, basically going nuts this year experimenting, because it is totally fun!!! Thanks!!! :)

Fantastic. I'm so glad I found your video - this is something I've wanted to do for a long time, but thought it would take years and years. It's inspiring that yours was already fruiting in so little time! I'm only interested in having a tree with blossoms anyway. Thanks! I think I'll plant the seeds directly as you suggest.

I want to go around planting Apple tree in my communty

Dude. You’re so cool. Your doggy, he’s even cooler. Thank you for the teachings 🙏

Hi James and tuck. I have been gardening for many years always looking for new methods. I am so inspired by your food forest. I have made raised beds with wood chip paths. I have an area with 2 semi dwarf apple trees and i will be starting more this year,i have plenty of room. I love your videos

You are awesome!! You literally got me excited about planting and apple tree. I dug out a hole about 6 inches deep and threw in about 10 Honey crisp apple seeds there. But after seeing your video, I'll start it all over again. Great video! ❤👍🏻

This is a great video, I love apples and yes I’m going to start my apples from seeds , I learned a lot from you, you explained everything thoroughly, good job

You know what? You really have the magic! Awesome! I'd love to see you discover more varieties!

Thank you for this video. I watched it before some time ago and followed your suggested fridge germination and thereafter planted them. 🍎

I love spring, when the cherry and the apple trees are flowering, it's my favorite season! Thank you sir!🌸😊

Love the fact tjat ypu plant the seeds outside in the yard

I have a 3 year old Lemon Tree I grew from a seed of a lemon I bought from the grocery store. 2 more years til it starts furiting & excided to see what kind of lemon it grows, I named my tree Groot. 🍋🍋

I'm so Happy 🍎🍏🍎 for you! I enjoyed your delightful & cheerful attitude about just going for it!!!

It's always exciting to discover a kindred spirit! I've got a couple of Apple trees I planted from seed of red delicious apples. We eat one first thing every morning and would find an occasional Apple that had a special unique flavor. These will both be offspring of apples with that special flavor. I share your excitement about producing something new. Great video!

Always watch your videos, plus looking for new ones. Just watched a new one, Huws Nursery, and he mentions you and your apple. You are defiantly influencing the world.

Amazing job thanks for sharing !

I love your enthusiasm and your words of encouragement. Thank you for creating this channel nd encouraging us to grow our own foods.

How cool is that! You have your own variety and it's already bearing fruit!

I just did the dampening experience with a bosc pear. It's been about two weeks, and I have one seed that has sprouted. Think I'll transplant :) Yes, you do have a very childlike excitement for growing things. Keep it up... If only we all would think that way, how much less we'd rely on a food distribution system that is broken. We have about half our backyard with edibles, and planning on extending that further, into the front. Veggies, bananas, figs, and now a pear tree!

Johnny Appleseed was a a real dude. You’re his Grandson lol. I have a few Apple trees in my backyard. Great video! Those trees are getting old now I know to plant more. Thanks Apple dude!

My apple seeds just sprouted after 21days. I used that freezing method. So excited to plant them today☺

James, I did this with Fiji apple seeds and now have 12 baby apple trees! Thank you so much for this video!

Huh. I just popped my green apple seeds into a wet paper towel, put the paper towel in a ziplock bag and sealed it and it worked fast and very very well. Both my Gala seeds and granny smith loved it. I dried the gala seeds but the granny smith weren't pre-dried. Maybe green and gala are just easier seeds to get to sprout?

When you can prune heavy ( the plant is strong enough to handle it ) leaving 1/3 of the plant, it will make a plant want to reproduce, let's face it we all want to leave a legacy go on and on - and a plants way to reproduce is seed. That's why when you pruned your plant hard your tree wanted to make sure it lived on and you got fruit. I use my yard for vegetables, berries and grapes. All my trees are in pots. I love your video I did learn something from it .

Omg this might be an older video but it is so right. I totally agree with everything you said. And I agree with you about planting the seed. It brings such joy. Maybe a gamble but at the same time I call it a surprise

I skipped the seed drying step and went ahead and stratified some and planted others in pots. Some, surprisingly sprouted without stratification, so they must have been chilled during shipment as apples. The ones I had in a pot inside a cold room sprouted first, and some I had in a pot outside didn't sprout (I think they got too soggy). Lots have sprouted after only a couple of weeks in the fridge. I am having great fun growing apples, pears and cherries from seed, this is the best! Thank you for your video 😊👍 🍎🍐🍒

When our daughter was probably in kindergarten or 1st grade, she planted some apple seeds in front of our garage and surprisingly, we did have an apple tree sprout! I also planted some in our front landscaping and it grew, but my cousin pulled it out from it's roots, probably thinking it was some kind of weed, even though it was already about 4 ft high! I was so sad! 😭

Got 3 apples n 2 pears saplings from seed on the go, one almost a year in, thank you for the inspiration dude!

Great video, mate! I've had 3 apple trees I grew from seed nearly 3 years ago. And although they have been putting on size, I have neglected to re-pot them for over a year, because someone kept telling me they would only produce "crab apples". Your enthusiasm is infectious, and I can't wait to get outside tomorrow, and start giving them poor trees the love they deserve! Cheers

Thank you for your video! I love your energy! I have a ton of small seedlings that just came out of cold stratification in my fridge. This is my second round of growing apple seedlings this year. As soon as there is no chance of frost I'm going to try and transplant them outside as quick as possible before I hurt the roots. My first round of seeds are a few inches high and my newest ones just got their leaves. I have used All kinds of apples from many different places and I'm so excited to see what they become if they make it. Good fruit or not, I'm just happy to be growing them. By the time my daughter is older she might have all kinds of apples in her back yard (5 acers) 😂 Not to mention pear, peach, lemon, kiwi and Every other seed I could grow that will grow in my zone. 😂 I don't care if a single one of these doesn't have viable fruit. It's been a lot of fun!

Imagine if he forgot the hit record after all these years

Amazing work! Thanks for the encouragement. Started planting apples and pears about 8 months ago. Keeping a diary of my experiments and findings.

of all the different ways of growing apples i would grade yours a ten out of ten. thank you so much

I love. I will do it. We are just in plain winter,but I’ll will try the door Ming period. We had an apple tree but I think is sick. Our dog use to eating,and brought a lot of birds. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and hope,,

Legendary! That was awesome man love the positivity!

loved the video. Im planting some macs today

so happy to see people growing their own food. Your video. contained a lot of information, thank you.

I stumble across one of your videos at the begining of 2020 and love your food forest, Tuck, and your passion for growing. I am in my first year of creating my food forest all due to your influence. I wanted to mention on the subject of why your trees produced apples so fast. I learned a trick on mango trees that probably is in the same relm of your idea about pruning. The guy would tap on his tree with a hammer slightly. Any stressed damage will trigger reproduction to carry on the plant's main objective. So far in my first year I have sourced and planted; 1 FLORDAKING PEACH TREE 1 BROWN TURKEY FIG TREE 1 FUYU PERSIMMON TREE 1 SURUGA PERSIMMON TREE 2 CATAWBA GRAPE VINES 1 BRIGHTWELL BLUEBERRY BUSH {planted close to my fence by my neighbor's blueberry bushes} Already planted when I got this place ; 2 GIGANTIC MUSCADINE VINES {I'm not sure what to do with those vines. They are several decades old and are 40 to 50 ft up in trees and under brush "big Azaleas''. I plan to do a long term video on them and try to get some of it on an arbor after I cut into the under brush or maybe try to clone it.} 1 LEMON FIG TREE but not in my food forest area (it belonged to my grandfather, then my father, then me. its more than 30 years old. the trunk at ground level is about 8'' to 10'' in diameter. ) 1 PECAN TREE but not in my food forest area (my father messed up when he cut down the 2nd tree, hasn't produced since) MULTIPLE HUCKLEBERRY BUSHES REDS & BLUES (several of which are in my outer edge of my food forest via bird planting at the base of a huge pine tree.} I planted these after buying them from a local owned grocery store about 6 years ago, before I really got into growing again. but not in my food forest area ; 3 UNKNOWN TYPE BLUEBERRY BUSHES they were planted wrong and not watered for years. they were only about 3 ft tall this year, but turned into 11 bushes clumped closely together. I have been watering, mulched around them, and lightly fertilized them with an acidic fertilizer. New growth after their fruit set is amazing. Those fruited in late may/early june. I look forward to each year and hope when I am called to heaven that my food forest will bless the generation after me. JAMES, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DOING!! Sharing links to your older videos works. I subscribed several monthes ago and watch every video you have put out since. My channel is in it's beginning stages, but I am slowly learning and extremely slow on subscribers compared to popular channels.

I actually love your channel thank you for everything

One of my apples had a sprouting little seed in it. I came here to figure out what to do with it and I'm really excited to begin this journey!

I love Jame's videos. Even if you don't grow anything, he's just got good spirit

Wow. This inspires me. I have been digging up baby trees from my yard and started planting them. I don't know what these trees are but I'm hoping grit. Now I'll do it your way. Thanks.

I bit into a apple and saw the seed was already sprouting so I planted it into a small pot.

Thanks for the clip I learned so much, muchas gracias! 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎

Thanks For Your Great Educational Video. I Am Going To Plant An Apple Seeds This Week. Blessings To You Friend.

Like your energy. I have over 20 apple, pear and quinces I grafted. Honeycrisp on dwarf Rootstock blossomed like crazy the second year . It grew about 1.5 ft from the dormant bud I grafted to rootstock then the following spring it blossomed. I did not let it fruit because it was to young and early fruit production takes energy I wanted to go into vegetative growth. You can have good success with a sharp knife and para film. A omega grafting tool makes it a lot easier for beginners.

I love how this guy is so proud of his apple tree. I’m growing one too now. I know it’s veryyy unlikely that it will be a good apple, but maybe, just maybe, I create a new competent variety

Great video! Direct seeded fruit trees make great rootstock and with the grafting produces in short time. Cheers!

I planted my apples seeds in pot weeks ago it's now beginning of march 2022 I'm about to plant them out in the garden its all very exciting! 🥰🐞🌻🌹

your enthusiasm , is infectious. thanks for sharing

Damn this is cool! thank you! imagine if everyone planted one fruit seed! We would have so many fruits to eat without even needing to buy it.

i cant wait to start my homestead.. we move soon my dream of raised bed gardening is so close

Hi! Thank you for your video. I am currently growing apples from seeds. I took them straight out of the apple and placed them in moist paper towels. They sprouted in about 2 weeks and now I have planted the tiny seedlings in small pots. It's Winter here in the southern hemisphere and the little plants are doing well. I am also trying to grow mandarins from seeds. Like you, I am finding growing apples from seeds very exciting. As you say, you never know what you are going to get. If the apples aren't that great, at least the native birds can eat them! Thanks for your tip about cutting the branches that don't produce flowers. I will have to keep my apple tree low as well. Thirty feet is a very tall tree! Keep up the good work. Best wishes from Australia.

Thank you for showing the direct seeding method. I figured that is what I should do, but I wasn't sure. It is nice to have confirmation.

I'm from Philippines. even tho apples doesn't grow in tropical countries like mine. I am motivated to grow one. Thank you !

Man I love your love for apple trees. Got me really interested in growing one! I will do!

First time seeing any of your videos very passionate I've been watching farm/garden videos for over a year I subscribed so I can see what you've got thanks for the content recently bought 7.8 acres going to have pigs and chickens and cows and have already 3 apple and 1 pear and 2 cherry trees looking to grow a good size orchard for them to have a falling fruit buffet

My 4 year old: I love your garden and all the fruit you grow and I love your apple trees and grapes and I think you’re cool!

Thank you soooo much!! Great info! You are the new Johnny Apple Seed.

Apparently not all apple seeds need a dormancy period. I had some that I took right out of the apple and started them on damp paper towel, and they sprouted right away.

you have explained very clear about growing fruit from seeds in this video, and I very appreciated that.....

I'm doing it! Thank you so much for the advice, information, and inspiration. Way to go!!!

I find it so funny that he’s like yup I know u haven’t ever had it cuz I just made it . The Prigioni apple😂😂😂 Also a very good video I will try this too but I live in Texas so Idk if it will work well

WoW!,, you are soooo amazing James..after just three years? You Rock

I bought a bag of red d'anjou pears for xmas dinner garnish. One pear fell into the back of the crisper drawer and was found 6 weeks later, the seeds had already begun sprouting. So far, I have 4 out of 6 sprouts still growing in pots. I lost 2 to damping off. I'm going to do the same with a bosc pear but will try direct sowing per your suggestion. Thanks for the tips!

I bought a bag of Ambrosia apples at Walt Mart. I cut a apple open one day and the seeds were sprouting. So I planted them all. 7 of the 8 seeds are growing. Can’t wait to see what the future brings.